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#thecrazycruiserman
Hi all.
so ive had the 12HT in my 45 for a year now and am loving it. but i have noticed a few issues:
1. she starts solid, but while cold blows a white/blue smoke until warm.
2. even when warm, for the first 30min, she smokes under throttle.
3. once running for a while, she stops smoking as badly, other than thick black smoke when i rev her up to 2000rpm.
4. blowback. with the oil cap off, theres a noticeable blow back at idle.
so, i want to rebuild her, and this will be the thread to chronicle it. but i have some questions to ask before i pull the trigger on any spares.
the 12HT is effectively the same as a 2H as far as the bottom end goes, right?
can you use pistons, rings and bearings from a 2H, or are the 12HT pistons and rings specific.
i know the story on getting the alfin pistons, but what should i do if i cannot get these?
is it possible to just change the rings and nothing else?
the reason i ask is money is always a big issue for me. i live in Zimbabwe where not only is it tought to find anything, but importing is almost impossible and down right expensive.
so what are my options?
so ive had the 12HT in my 45 for a year now and am loving it. but i have noticed a few issues:
1. she starts solid, but while cold blows a white/blue smoke until warm.
2. even when warm, for the first 30min, she smokes under throttle.
3. once running for a while, she stops smoking as badly, other than thick black smoke when i rev her up to 2000rpm.
4. blowback. with the oil cap off, theres a noticeable blow back at idle.
so, i want to rebuild her, and this will be the thread to chronicle it. but i have some questions to ask before i pull the trigger on any spares.
the 12HT is effectively the same as a 2H as far as the bottom end goes, right?
can you use pistons, rings and bearings from a 2H, or are the 12HT pistons and rings specific.
i know the story on getting the alfin pistons, but what should i do if i cannot get these?
is it possible to just change the rings and nothing else?
the reason i ask is money is always a big issue for me. i live in Zimbabwe where not only is it tought to find anything, but importing is almost impossible and down right expensive.
so what are my options?